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Annual McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Lecture
Features Dr. David Korn
THE ANNUAL MCDONALD-MERRILL-KETCHAM
LECTURE/IndIana HeaLtH Law RevIew Symposium took
place on November 5 and featured Dr. David Korn, Vice
Provost of Research at Harvard University. The recipient of
the 2009 McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Award, Dr. Korn spoke
on conflicts of interest in medical research. Dr. Korn is also
Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. From 1997
to 2008 he served as Senior Vice President for Biomedical and
Health Sciences Research, and in 2008 as Chief Scientific Officer
of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in
Washington, D.C. Prior to his time at the AAMC, he served as
Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Professor and Dean of the Stanford
University School of Medicine from October 1984 to April 1995,
and as Vice President of Stanford University from January 1986 to
April 1995. Before that he had served as Professor and Chairman
of the Department of Pathology at Stanford, and Chief of the
Pathology Service at the Stanford University Hospital. Dr. Korn
received his B.A. from Harvard College and medical degree from
Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency training at
Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been Chairman of the
Stanford University Committee on Research; President of the
American Association of Pathologists (now the American Society
for Investigative Pathology), from which he received the Gold-
Headed Cane Award for lifetime achievement in 2004; President
of the Association of Pathology; a member of the Board of
Staton Intramural Moot Court Competition
The final argument of the Honorable Robert H. Staton
Intramural Moot Court Competition took place in the Wynne
Courtroom on November 9, 2009. The finals pitted the team
of Jonathan Foltz and Stephen Simcox against the team of
Magdalena Karol and Cassandra Hoult. In a tightly-contested
and entertaining argument during which both teams displayed
top-notch advocacy, Jonathan and Steve prevailed. Cassandra
was named the top advocate of the four finalists. After the
argument, the judges praised both teams for their efforts.
The Moot Court Board presented several awards to other
Staton Competition participants. Steven Jensen and Ashley Yee
received awards for writing the top briefs in the competition,
and Jenai Mehra was honored as the top oral advocate from
the competition’s preliminary rounds.
I U S C H O O L O F L AW S U M M E R A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E
Directors and the Executive Committee of the Federation of
American Societies for Experimental Biology; and a member of
the Board of Directors of the Association of Academic Health
Centers. Dr. Korn was a founder and Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the California Transplant Donor Network, one
of the nation’s largest Organ Procurement Organizations. In the
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Dr. David Korn, recipient of the 2009 McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Award.